Historisches Museum Frankfurt

#fallingforfall Amazing museum and an essential part of a trip to Frankfurt. The museum covers the history of the city, showing step by step on how the city has grown and changed over the time. There is also a floor dedicated to contemporary Frankfurt, which is a social history. The old palace ruins underneath the museum are fascinating and a wonderful example of how historical sites can be integrated with modern buildings. It's an immersive experience walking over the excavated foundations! As a tourist the museum is especially accommodating in that all of the signs are in both German and English, with no abbreviations or omissions. A fascinating if unashamedly harrowing examination of the city's past, and a reminder of how easily fascism can rise to power.